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As Richard III left no living descendants, Professor Schürer’s genealogical research to find male line relatives led him up to Edward III, Richard III’s great, great grandfather and from there Professor Schürer traced a number of male descendants.
Lines of descent. DNA analysis of the Greyfriars bones was crucial to confirming their identity as those of Richard III. But that analysis would be meaningless without something for comparison. In the rather obvious absence of any known Ricardian DNA, a relative was required.
Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Bosworth Field marked the end of the Middle Ages in England.
Richard III was a member of the Plantagenet family, who had ruled England for almost 300 years by the time of his birth. The Plantagenet family tree is a complex one, which in part explains some of the causes of the Wars of the Roses, the conflict which overshadowed Richard’s life and ultimately ended with his death at Bosworth in 1485.
Mar 26, 2015 · Richard III lived some 500 years ago and 21 generations exist between Richard and Benedict (through John of Gaunt, the shortest link between them). This means Benedict would be expected to...
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Apr 27, 2022 · Age 32. Death of Richard III, King of England at Bosworth Fi... Bosworth Field, Leicestershire, England. Genealogy for Richard Plantagenet, III (1452 - 1485) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
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Genealogical information showed that all five living male-line relatives of Richard III were descended from Henry Somerset, the 5th Duke of Beaufort and the Y chromosome data for four out of the five male-line relatives showed a match consistent with them being related as expected.
